Physical EducationQ&A by dot point

Analysing and developing performance: the cyclical analysis process, setting goals from data, principles of effective practice, methods and models of practice, principles of training, and monitoring and evaluating development.

Emotional factors impacting on performance: managing anger and aggression, fear and apprehension, happiness, sadness and frustration, resilience, and the approaches used to regulate them.

Mental factors impacting on performance: level of arousal and the inverted-U, anxiety (cognitive and somatic), concentration and attention, decision-making, mental toughness, and the approaches used to develop them.

Methods of collecting information on factors impacting performance: qualitative and quantitative methods, observation schedules and video analysis, questionnaires and self-report inventories, standardised fitness tests, comparison with a model performer, and the reliability and validity of data.

Physical factors impacting on performance: physical and skill-related fitness, skill level and skill classification, tactics and composition, and how these sub-factors interact within a performance.

Social factors impacting on performance: group and team dynamics, cooperation and competition, roles and responsibilities, group cohesion (task and social) and its development, and the influence of others on performance.

The performance component (30 marks): a single demanding performance in one activity, assessed on the application of skills, techniques, tactics or composition under challenging conditions.

The Advanced Higher PE project (70 marks) and Stage 1, the project proposal: selecting a factor and performance context, justifying the choice, and planning how to collect baseline information.

Stage 2 of the project, research: conducting further research into the chosen factor, analysing the collected results, and using the analysis to create a personal development plan (PDP).

Stage 3 of the project, implementing the personal development plan: carrying out the planned development over time, monitoring and adapting it, and summarising how the plan was implemented.

Stage 4 of the project, post-development analysis and evaluation: re-testing against the baseline, analysing progress, evaluating the effectiveness of the development process, and identifying future development needs.